Technical Administrator

1 week ago

Derby, Derby, United Kingdom Quest Global Full time £25,000 - £60,000 per year

Job Requirements
At Quest Global, it's not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Role Title:Technical AdministratorLocation:Various Location UKReporting to:Project Lead

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Essential Job Functions
  • Under limited supervision, manages the day to day administrative activity, provides client support, and answers customer inquiries or route more complex inquiries to appropriate team member for a specific department.
  • Solves/trouble-shoots administrative and operational problems.
  • Responsible for the collection and collation of technical data from a variety of Engineering and Manufacturing departments
  • Responsible to gather information from a wide variety of sources such as equipment, databases, spreadsheets, corporate intranets, laboratory reports and meeting minutes.
  • Required data is engineering-related and used to identify and improve quality, consistency ensuring the document validation are up to date to the required system
  • Must be motivated and proactive, and be able to positively interact with many different departments and teams within a client organisation.
  • Assignments generally include such types of work as preparing/collating complex reports and maintaining complicated records requiring careful selection, classification, or compilation of information from several sources.
  • Requires ability to speak effectively with groups of customers or employees of organization
  • Document management - correcting any storage faults/ missing information to attain storage compliance
  • Retrieve documents at request.

Work Experience
Competencies and Soft Skills:

  • Team player
  • Effective Time management
  • Assertive & Result oriented
  • Effective in Prioritization & Scheduling tasks
  • Open Minded with objective thinking
  • Quick learner with Good communication skills
  • Cross functional team interactions
  • Ability to build and develop Stakeholder relationships
  • Self-motivated and a self-starter
  • Ability to understand a wide variety of process and provide solutions
  • Ability to influence others

Key Technical/Professional Competencies

  • Must be detail oriented with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to understand and analyse various types of engineering data
  • Cross-functional teams
  • Able to work with different kinds of data, including databases, spreadsheets, etc.
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills
  • Willingness to adhere to all principles of confidentiality
  • Must value operating in a collaborative and cooperative environment
  • Able to show initiative, good judgement and resourcefulness

Benefits
Education & Professional Qualification:

  • Educated to GCSE level, Degree or above
  • Experience in a technical environment preferred
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in data management or analysis
  • An analytical mind set with superb communication and problem skills

Computer/SW Skills

  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office applications like Word, Excel Outlook, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer
  • Ability to track and report multiple items at the same time using Excel/ Word lists

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